Mountain Patrol Military Officer-Chapter 1104 - 727: The Yun Family’s Moves

Jingguan City West, Anyang Square, Yun Mansion.

The vermilion doors swung open, and the green stone road in front of the entrance was filled and leveled again with tracks made by horses and carriages, now bustling with noise.

"Load the carts, load the carts."

"Be quick; these are meant for the hands of The Overseers’ soldiers, no mistakes can be made."

"Hey, there are so many people at the door, make them move, don’t block the way."

"Oh my, look at this, what’s Yun Mansion up to? Why are they moving so many large boxes out, are they moving house? My goodness, loading so many carts."

"No idea, the Yun Family has soared high in recent years, backed by important people, why would they suddenly move? It doesn’t seem right."

"Look, the writing on those boxes, they seem to be for supporting the Mountain-cutting Army."

"..."

The neighing of horses, the shouting of the manager, and the chatter of the onlooking citizens mingled into a cacophony in front of Yun Mansion.

In front of Yun Mansion, the street was packed tightly with various carriages and horses, lined up like a long dragon, while at the mansion’s entrance, servants dressed in green clothes, or guards, carried out black lacquered, rivet-studded large boxes from inside, loading them onto spacious carriages. Each large box was typically carried by four people using a shoulder pole, sometimes even eight, their strained expressions evident, with veins bulging, appearing quite laborious.

Each wooden box was labeled with different written markings on its seals.

"Jingguan Yun Family Donation · Three Thousand Arrows · To Mountain-cutting Army" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Jingguan Yun Family Donation · Thirty Thousand Pounds of Pig Iron · To First Mountain"

"Jingguan Huo Family Donation · One Hundred Pounds of Elixir · To Ninth Mountain"

"Jingguan Liu Family Donation · Three Thousand Pounds of Meat and Grain · To Ninth Mountain"

"......"

With each heavy box loaded into the carts, the citizens drawn by the commotion encircled the area, scrutinizing the markings on the boxes, murmuring among themselves.

An elderly man with white hair and beard, leaning on a cane, stomped and exclaimed, "Good, good! If all of Jingguan followed the Yun Mansion’s lead in donating goods, the soldiers of Shu on expeditions would have one less worry. Excellent!"

Many people elbowed through, straining forward to glimpse at the long row of carriages, marveling inwardly at the sheer volume of supplies, wondering if the Yun Family had emptied their household resources.

"Rumor has it that the Martial Saint General residing on Yunding Mountain plans to mobilize all of Shu’s strength to fiercely battle demons, and the Yun Family is giving their full support."

"Exactly! It’s said every adult of the young generation in the Yun Family has joined the military, full of loyalty, who in Jingguan City wouldn’t raise a thumb hearing this!"

"I see Liu Family, Huo Family, and others involved, not just one household."

"..."

Carriages and horses continued to converge in front of Yun Mansion, the dust stirred by the hoofs settling and rising again, the chatter among onlookers remained unabated, occasionally met with waves of admiration.

Meanwhile, in Yun Family’s discussion hall, the atmosphere was bustling.

The young generation of Yun Family lads was mostly gathered, united, all donned in military armor, some wore green armor, others black, seven or eight in total.

The young generation of the Yun Family initially enlisted in Ninth Mountain, dispersed among the camps, one or two had sacrificed early in combat, those surviving had achieved a bit of prominence, some were Colonels, others carried the General’s Flag; after all, the Yun Family started with Ninth Mountain, these descendants of the Yun Family count as seasoned veterans.

Even within the same mountain, they rarely rendezvoused, each undertaking their duties, for instance, a couple of Yun Family descendants were with Liu Qing on missions to the southern front and couldn’t make it today; another Yun Family Lao Ba was out of contact, rumored to be fulfilling military tasks, and the entire camp they belonged to was off-mountain, reflecting on today’s just arriving news, they likely engaged in operations against Beiliang. Some descendants were reassigned during the reconstruction of various mountains and weren’t often gathered.

"Old Jiu, haven’t seen you in a while, you’ve tanned and bulked up, heard you recently broke through Profound Body, impressive! Why haven’t you changed your armor?" A Yun Family descendant chuckled, pounding the chest plate of one they called a younger brother, teasingly.

"Haha, recently many new recruits arrived in the camp, armor is tight, haven’t applied yet, will look into it once the next batch of armor arrives. Sixth Bro, heard you went to Fourth Mountain, instantly promoted to Deputy General by the newly appointed Colonel, congratulations to Sixth Bro! Heard the new Colonel in Fourth Mountain is a female general, gallant and heroic, many are inquiring." Yun Family Old Jiu curiously remarked.

"About General Lian, don’t inquire too much, even Third Bro is courteous in front of her, you better not show off here, it was sheer luck for me; Fourth Mountain was rebuilding, got transferred by Third Bro to train new recruits, got retained by the newly arriving General Lian." Said Sixth Bro smilingly.

"Oh, by the way, why haven’t I seen Third Bro?" Old Jiu naturally transitioned the conversation, glancing around, questioning softly, his expression holding a thread of reverence.

Third Bro’s prestige among the Yun Family lads was extremely high; now promoted to Colonel, wielding significant power, few in the Government Administrative Office matched his standing.

"Ask Old Seven, Third Bro’s been promoted to Colonel, took some confidants, took him along." Yun Family Old Six spoke, looked towards Yun Family Old Seven.

Yun Family Old Seven, named Yun Zhuosheng, had discovered a juvenile Qi Fortune Spiritual Root Dragon Energy Mother Tree during the battle with Feiyi Six Clans outside Guang’an Prefecture, presented it to Chen Yuan, received accolades, currently holding the Thousand Households Captain rank, donned in green armor, his chin bore a faint stubble, looking notably mature and steady.

Upon hearing the inquiry, he smiled slightly, "As you know, Third Bro has just taken office as Colonel, busy with affairs, no time to return, just approved me leave."

Other brothers nodded in understanding,

"Understandable, Third Bro’s recently promoted, coupled with ongoing troop recruitment, probably very busy."

"You should have felt it too, the camp atmosphere is quite tense now, a big battle looms, different from prior ones, you must be prepared."

"Indeed."

"....."

The young generation of the Yun Family gathered for quite a while, being in the military, they could plainly feel the camp’s atmosphere growing increasingly tense, everyone actively preparing for battle, unable to afford laxity.

After a while, commotion sounded from the discussion hall entrance.

Shortly, laughter echoed through.

The current Yun Family Patriarch Yun Chuxiong, and elder brother Yun Fangting, accompanied by several middle-aged men of noble attire and distinguished presence, entered the discussion hall.

"Patriarchs, please!"

Led by Yun Chuxiong, they entered with others.

Those trailing behind were family heads of allied families, along with accompanying younger members.